Television: Pleasant Sound

To the 50 FM set owners in southern New Mexico's clear and dry Tularosa
Basin, Max Rothman's converted chicken coop with the homemade broadcast
tower was the best radio station on the air. Because Max, a chubby,
balding man of 40, worked at nearby Holloman Air Force Base (like all
50 FM owners), his wife Sima handled the daytime broadcasts, wrote
copy, answered the phone and managed to look after four children
between platters and chatter. As feeding time grew near, the squalls of
her baby son often punctuated her spot announcements, but nobody...